Daily Economy
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Economics Explains the Taliban’s Rapid Advances
“The future remains uncertain for Afghanis, but the Taliban may be delivering social scientists important lessons in how rebel groups win power, how effective governance may displace corrupt regimes, and why religion still remains important in the 21st century.” ~ Anthony Gill
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A Conversation About Free Trade in the 21st Century
“On this episode of the Authors Corner, Ethan sits down with AIER Senior Fellow Don Boudreaux, who is also a board member at the Mercatus Center, a professor of economics at George Mason University, and the former president of the Foundation for Economic Education.” ~ AIER
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Weekly Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits Fell but Outlook Remains Uncertain
“Weekly initial claims for unemployment benefits fell for a fourth consecutive week, hitting the lowest level of the pandemic. A tight labor market and a record number of open jobs should help drive initial claims lower, but rising Covid cases are a threat to the outlook.” – Robert Hughes
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More from Meerlo on Mass Psychology
“Meerlo’s work cannot innoculate readers from totalitarian mind control but it does expose the grooming techniques employed by those who would be their masters and reminds all Americans of the crucial importance of the Bill of Rights and other Constitutional checks and balances.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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Nixonomics in Retrospect: Devaluation and Wage-Price Controls, August 15, 1971
“Many costly tax and other economic policy mistakes were made in the seventies, but the worst problems of the 1973-82 stagflationary era by far were the legacy of terrible monetary and regulatory blunders made in 1971.” ~ Alan Reynolds
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Struggles Continue for Single-Family Housing
“Single-family housing activity showed further signs of cooling in July. The combination of shifting housing preferences and rising single-family home prices appear to be dampening demand while labor difficulties and materials shortages restrain supply.” – Robert Hughes
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How the Free Market is Doing Public Health Officials’ Jobs
“Perhaps it will take some time, but there is still hope that US policymakers will recognize the advantages of market-based solutions instead of leaning on continuous mandates.” ~ Maxwell Hampton
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Don’t Stay Home
“As further research into the actual effects of the widespread, coercive policies implemented in the wake of the pandemic appears, one hopes there could be a dispassionate reassessment of the policies.” ~ Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr.
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Manufacturing Output Posts a Solid Gain in July
“Industrial output rose in July as output jumped in the volatile motor vehicle industry. Ongoing difficulties with labor, logistics, and materials shortages should ease in the coming months and quarters, but the recent surge in new Covid cases does represent a risk to the outlook for industrial output.” – Robert Hughes
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Ambrose Bierce’s Pro-Freedom Cynicism
“Freedom fighters need all the comic relief they can find. The laughs that Bierce delivers are combined with lines that pierce perpetual political frauds now more than ever.” ~ James Bovard
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Economics Explains the Taliban’s Rapid Advances
“The future remains uncertain for Afghanis, but the Taliban may be delivering social scientists important lessons in how rebel groups win power, how effective governance may displace corrupt regimes, and why religion still remains important in the 21st century.” ~ Anthony Gill
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A Conversation About Free Trade in the 21st Century
“On this episode of the Authors Corner, Ethan sits down with AIER Senior Fellow Don Boudreaux, who is also a board member at the Mercatus Center, a professor of economics at George Mason University, and the former president of the Foundation for Economic Education.” ~ AIER
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Weekly Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits Fell but Outlook Remains Uncertain
“Weekly initial claims for unemployment benefits fell for a fourth consecutive week, hitting the lowest level of the pandemic. A tight labor market and a record number of open jobs should help drive initial claims lower, but rising Covid cases are a threat to the outlook.” – Robert Hughes
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More from Meerlo on Mass Psychology
“Meerlo’s work cannot innoculate readers from totalitarian mind control but it does expose the grooming techniques employed by those who would be their masters and reminds all Americans of the crucial importance of the Bill of Rights and other Constitutional checks and balances.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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Nixonomics in Retrospect: Devaluation and Wage-Price Controls, August 15, 1971
“Many costly tax and other economic policy mistakes were made in the seventies, but the worst problems of the 1973-82 stagflationary era by far were the legacy of terrible monetary and regulatory blunders made in 1971.” ~ Alan Reynolds
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Struggles Continue for Single-Family Housing
“Single-family housing activity showed further signs of cooling in July. The combination of shifting housing preferences and rising single-family home prices appear to be dampening demand while labor difficulties and materials shortages restrain supply.” – Robert Hughes
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How the Free Market is Doing Public Health Officials’ Jobs
“Perhaps it will take some time, but there is still hope that US policymakers will recognize the advantages of market-based solutions instead of leaning on continuous mandates.” ~ Maxwell Hampton
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Don’t Stay Home
“As further research into the actual effects of the widespread, coercive policies implemented in the wake of the pandemic appears, one hopes there could be a dispassionate reassessment of the policies.” ~ Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr.
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Manufacturing Output Posts a Solid Gain in July
“Industrial output rose in July as output jumped in the volatile motor vehicle industry. Ongoing difficulties with labor, logistics, and materials shortages should ease in the coming months and quarters, but the recent surge in new Covid cases does represent a risk to the outlook for industrial output.” – Robert Hughes
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Ambrose Bierce’s Pro-Freedom Cynicism
“Freedom fighters need all the comic relief they can find. The laughs that Bierce delivers are combined with lines that pierce perpetual political frauds now more than ever.” ~ James Bovard